Speaker: Peter Beinart, Author, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
June 17, 2010
Peter Beinhart discusses his new book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris.
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